The sense and nonsense of body language science

How do you stand and what does that say?

Body language is perhaps our most important means of communication. But our knowledge about the effects of postures is low.

Beatrice de Gelder is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at Maastricht University. According to her, body language is still underestimated not only scientifically, but also socially. "We have preconceptions about body language and are a bit giggly about it. Yet it is still our main means of communication.

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